Word: parthenon
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Throughout his long life, and for 150 years after his death, George Stubbs (1724-1806) was known as a horse painter. Never mind the Parthenon frieze, the Marcus Aurelius, the equestrian portraits of Verrocchio or Donatello, or any of the rest of the vast repertory of equine imagery in Western art: horse painting, like "sporting" art generally, tends to be seen as a minor style of aesthetic tailoring, shaped to reflect the blunt amusements of a class not much liked by connoisseurs. Painters like Sir Alfred Munnings, who filled canvas after canvas with accurate replications of poised fetlocks and lobb...
...longest: 18 months from first proposal to final prints, involving substantial amounts of planning, travel and especially diplomacy. "Persuading star athletes to interrupt their training schedules and sometimes go hundreds of miles to pose for pictures took a lot of cajolery," recalls Leifer. "So did getting officials at the Parthenon to close the temple early so we could shoot in late-afternoon light and convincing the Chinese that I indeed wanted to shoot at the Great Wall and not at the Temple of Heaven, even though the temple was in Peking and the Wall a 2½-hour drive away...
...from where the Olympic spirit first caught fire, Greece's Charalambos Holidis, 28, seems poised to carry the Parthenon bodily to Los Angeles. Yet the menacing pose of the Greco-Roman wrestler is only part of the picture. True, Holidis is the reigning European champion in the 57-kilo category (roughly 126 Ibs.), and he might have held the world title had he not broken a finger during last year's competition. He finished second, winning high marks for courage and determination. "You should have seen him fighting," says the president of the Greek wrestling federation. "He just refuses...
...Thoroughbreds, imported furnishings, 19 collector's cars, a cache of weapons and a discothèque equipped with the most advanced sound-and-light equipment inspired by New York's Studio 54. Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed "the Parthenon," features decorative fountains, statues and marble-and-gold bathrooms...
...Engineer N.N. Ambraseys of the University of London observed, "I have heard that an earthquake is an act of God. But what is today an act of God might tomorrow be an act of criminal neglect." Athenian Engineer Costas Zambas argued against structural changes, saying, "We must respect the Parthenon's construction as it was made in the first place, even if by modern calculations this would make it vulnerable. Its resistance has been proved...